RT @BBCAfrica@twitter.com

🇰🇪The Kenya high court has declared the rollout of the #HudumaNamba biometric ID scheme as illegal.
The judge said the rollout went against the 2019 data protection act and ordered the interior ministry to assess the impact of the scheme.
https://bbc.in/3DDKKjA

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1448639232772292608

Retoot:

@privacyint 🔗 https://mastodon.xyz/users/privacyint/statuses/103589196848511792
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The need to identify yourself should not come with the risk of exclusion, exploitation and surveillance.

#HudumaNamba

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3350/why-huduma-namba-ruling-matters-future-digital-id-and-not-just-kenya

If you want to find a needle in a haystack, you first need a haystack …

RT @wmnjoya@twitter.com

Big data is a lie driven by tech companies who want to monetize their data. And because they are media, they can spread the narrative of valuable big data as "objective" news.

#Bigdata and #HudumaNamba are cons.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wmnjoya/status/1223100568337436673

RT @waikwawanyoike@twitter.com

High Court of Kenya has stopped the implementation of digital biometric registration system #HudumaNamba UNTIL the government enacts legislation to guarantee security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not exclusionary.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/waikwawanyoike/status/1222929583839813637

Geschichte wiederholt sich also doch. In Deutschland wurde in den 80er Jahren die Volkszählung gestoppt und musste nachgebessert werden. Mein persönliches Erweckungserlebnis in Sachen Datenschutz.

RT @waikwawanyoike@twitter.com

High Court of Kenya has stopped the implementation of digital biometric registration system #HudumaNamba UNTIL the government enacts legislation to guarantee security of biometric data and to ensure the system is not exclusionary.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/waikwawanyoike/status/1222929583839813637

RT @Lattif@twitter.com

“When does a Kenyan become Kenyan?”: Kenya’s proposed giant biometric ID has drawn criticism over data privacy and the risk that it could further disenfranchise marginalized groups. Here's my piece ahead of a crucial court judgment tomorrow. https://nyti.ms/38KsiGA I #HudumaNamba

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Lattif/status/1222431213090197504

Thread to read !

RT @amunyua@twitter.com

1/ Earlier this year the Kenyans registered for #HudumaNamba w/o a #DataProtectionLaw in place, raising concerns. A few weeks ago the #HudumaBill2019 was presented for public participation in an exercise many called insufficient >> https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Huduma-Bill-public-participation-a-terrible-flop/440808-5249880-ky2amnz/index.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/amunyua/status/1169929619274969093

RT @NubianRights@twitter.com

Concerned about #hudumanamba, ID questions in #censuskenya2019 #census2019, & #WajirCensusFraud?

Read the draft #HudumaBill2019 - moving soon to Parliament

The rights of all Kenyans are at stake

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NubianRights/status/1166240732698599424